The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) as a model for diarrhea mortality reduction

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fischer Walker, Christa L ^a   Walker, Neff ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Diarrhea; Enteric diseases; Maternal health; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RETINOL; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; WATER; ZINC;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; LIVE SAVED TOOL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; STUNTING; SUPPLEMENTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAND WASHING; LIVES SAVED TOOL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL; WATER QUALITY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899580728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-70     Document Type: Article

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